How big is big and how small is small : the sizes of everything and why / by Timothy Paul Smith.

By:

Smith, Timothy Paul

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2013Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (265 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

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computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780191503184
0191503185
1299833012
9781299833012

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: How big is big and how small is small : the sizes of everything and why.DDC classification:

530.81

LOC classification:

QC39 .S65 2013eb

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; 1. From Quarks to the Cosmos: An Introduction; 2. Scales of the Living World; 3. Big Numbers; Avogadro's Number; 4. Scales of Nature; 5. Little Numbers; Boltzmann's and Planck's Constants; 6. The Sand Reckoner; 7. Energy; 8. Fleeting Moments of Time; 9. Deep and Epic Time; 10. Down to Atoms; 11. How Small Is Small; 12. Stepping Into Space: the Scales of the Solar System; 13. From the Stars to the Edge of the Universe; 14. A Little Chapter about Truly Big Numbers; 15. Forces That Sculpture Nature and Shape Destiny; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G.

HI; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z.

Summary: This book is about how big is the universe and how small are quarks, and what are the sizes of dozens of things between these two extremes. It describes the sizes of atoms and planets, quarks and galaxies, cells and sequoias. It is a romp through forty-five orders of magnitude from the smallest sub-nuclear particles we have measured, to the edge of the observed universe. It also looks at time, from the epic age of the cosmos to the fleeting lifetimes of ethereal particles. It is anarrative that trips its way from stellar magnitudes to the clocks on GPS satellites, from the nearly logarithmic s.

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Includes index.

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This book is about how big is the universe and how small are quarks, and what are the sizes of dozens of things between these two extremes. It describes the sizes of atoms and planets, quarks and galaxies, cells and sequoias. It is a romp through forty-five orders of magnitude from the smallest sub-nuclear particles we have measured, to the edge of the observed universe. It also looks at time, from the epic age of the cosmos to the fleeting lifetimes of ethereal particles. It is anarrative that trips its way from stellar magnitudes to the clocks on GPS satellites, from the nearly logarithmic s.